Man robbed in North Side Chicago cellphone con
Police say the man went to buy the phone from a woman on Lincoln Avenue in Lakeview. Instead of selling the man a cellphone, the woman pulled a gun and took his personal belongings.
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Police say the man went to buy the phone from a woman on Lincoln Avenue in Lakeview. Instead of selling the man a cellphone, the woman pulled a gun and took his personal belongings.
No one was hurt, but the robber was still on the loose Tuesday evening.
A sport-utility vehicle wanted in a robbery crashed near 63rd and State streets under a railroad overpass.
Police say in each incident robbers entered the business with handguns and demanded money from the cash register.
The teens were scheduled to appear at a juvenile detention hearing on Saturday.
Cedric Dupree, 56, was arrested by Chicago police on Friday in the 4900 block of South Chicago Beach Drive.
The robbery happened on Cornelia Avenue in East Lakeview.
No one was hurt in the robbery, and no one was in custody Monday afternoon.
A 19-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman were sitting in a parked car when three armed males exited a blue sedan and forced the victims out of their vehicle.
A 19-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman were sitting in a parked car when three armed males exited a blue sedan and forced the victims out of their vehicle.
The unaged victim was exiting his car when a black sedan approached, and two unknown males got out with handguns and demanded his personal property.
The robbery happened around 10 p.m. in the 2200 block of West Monroe Street.
One of the robbers struck the man in the face, police said.
Chicago police said the pair, both in their 20s, were using an ATM when they were robbed by two men with guns.
A teenage boy was charged in connection to an armed robbery and an attempted armed robbery on the city's Southwest Side in December.
The victim, who has a FOID card and concealed carry license, and then the offender exchanged gunfire.
Evanston police have said Everett Pullett robbed two postal workers of their "arrow keys" on consecutive days in September 2022.
Police said within nine days this month, three men were behind seven robberies in Englewood, Chicago Lawn, and Gage Park.
Chicago police said just before 9 p.m., an unknown man walked inside Naples's Pizza in the 4500 block of South Ashland Avenue and demanded money while armed with a handgun.
Chicago police are looking for an armed robber, they say opened fire at a restaurant in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Saturday night.
Police said there are two to three men involved in the thefts, wearing dark clothing and face coverings.
The robberies both happened Saturday, Jan. 20, a city block apart in Englewood.
The man said he took out $200 from an ATM near 34th and Halsted, and while he was leaving, three men robbed him and beat him.
Neither of the victims was hurt. No one was in custody Friday morning.
Rajuan Barnes-Harvey, 18, of Chicago was arrested on Tuesday in the 1900 block of West 51st Street in Cicero.
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